after months of debating and back room deals, congress has passed a bill which will pull the country back from the "fiscal cliff." >> on this vote. yeas are 257, the nays 167. >> reporter: it extends bush- era tax rates for every american making less than $400,000 and couples who make less than $450,000. it delays for two months a 110 billion-dollar across the board spending cuts. >> i'd like to be speaking for this bill. but i can't. >> reporter: 151 republicans, including eric cantor, the number 2 ranking house member, voted against the bill because it doesn't address spending. >> what we're really doing is raising taxes to give the president more money to spend. >> reporter: president obama has promised to work with congress to find more spending cuts in the future. but he urge them not to play politics with the debt limit. >> i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they have already racked up. >> reporter: treasury secretary timothy geithner has warned congress the country is just a few months away from defaulting on it